Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cedar Cliff (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cedar Cliff. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Cedar Cliff is located in Orange County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Orange County: Passaic (NJ), Sussex (NJ), Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster & Pike (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Cliff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Cliff:
- Orange County (The home county of Cedar Cliff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Balmville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Gardnertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Newburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Orange Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- New Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Cornwall Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vails Gate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Denniston is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denniston
- Firthcliffe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Hughsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wappingers Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Myers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Myers Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Corner
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fishkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spackenkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Beacon Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Beacon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Brinckerhoff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Red Oaks Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Wiccopee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Nelsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Garrison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Tompkins Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Adams Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Continental Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Putnam Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Patterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mahopac
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Mount Ivy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Congers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New Hempstead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Wesley Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wesley Hills is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,919 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wurtsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Marlboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Milton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Plattekill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ardonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Clintondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Modena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- New Hurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Gardiner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wallkill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Jefferson Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shrub Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crompond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peekskill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shenorock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Granite Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Buchanan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lincolndale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Somers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- New Fairfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Brookfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Ridgefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- New Milford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Bulls Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- Gaylordsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- Kent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Kent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- New Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Northville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Cliff, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Cliff.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Cliff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Cliff.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cedar Cliff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Cliff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middlebush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cosman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- First Reformed Protestant Dutch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fishkill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- St. Joachims Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rombout Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Cedar Cliff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Cliff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Cliff, with the one closest to Cedar Cliff listed first.
- New Hamburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Hamburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Marlboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hughsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Middle Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roseton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roseton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseton
- Wappingers Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stoneco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Glenham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fishkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cronomer Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Groveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Brinckerhoff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- New Hackensack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Milton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Cliff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Cliff.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Cliff ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Cliff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Cliff, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Cliff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cedar Cliff:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Orange County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cedar Cliff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Cliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |